Rubio: ‘Talks with Hamas fell apart the day Macron decided to recognize Palestinian state’

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/o7jln0hur

16 comments

  1. Doesn’t really matter. Talks with Hamas were never going to go anywhere. Are never going to go anywhere.

    Hamas has nothing to gain by talks, nor by a ceasefire. They have lost control of Gaza as a whole, they only control the immediate environment of their remaining fighters, some of whom have some of the hostages. Ceasefire talks are no longer relevant for Hamas. They are very relevant for the well being of the Gaza civilian population, but Hamas doesn’t care about that – actually Hamas wants to continue to make as many martyrs of the civilians as they can.

    You’ll never get Hamas to agree to anything in talks now, that point is months and months in the past.

  2. Israel made one fatal mistake: You should never negotiate with terrorists/states over Hostages. It only encourages more hostage taking in the future. And it gave Hamas a clear strategic advantage this time. As hard as it is to say to your people that the hostages may never come home, it is still the best bet you can make for everyone’s safety really.

  5. Not surprisingly, reward a terrorist government for committing a terrorist attack ruins a peace process. Up until Macron’s palastian state recognition, there were several articles a week about a potential ceasefire(mostly one side agreeing, or crazy demands).

  6. Oh for sure! Between Israel, the US and Hamas it’s *France* that messed up Gaza the most. It all makes sense now

  7. Like trump’s government or not, Rubio is correct here. Macron’s choice basically gave Hamas zero incentive to negotiate with Israel if the international community will give them what they want anyways.

  8. I’m sure Netanyahu’s official announcement that Gaza will be forever occupied (read: annexed) makes no difference in the negotiations.

  9. Yea, because the talks had been going so well for years, hadn’t they?

    What a croc of shit

  10. I agree unfortunately. Quickest way to end the conflict is with Hamas gone. Their vile ideology and dirty war tactics. Pressure should be on Hamas to disarm and surrender and have a new transitory government led. As suggested by the Arab league.

    Unfortunately, the many people in the western public and some western governments are doing the opposite and alleviating pressure on Hamas, emboldening Hamas to continue their vile, atrocious war tactics of hit, terrorize and hide among as many civilians as possible.

    Israel’s whole operation should be severely investigated and held accountable for war crimes. By all means. But it is extremely important to keep all the pressure on Hamas to disarm them as quickly as possible, so that the Palestinian people can live in peace again.

  11. Meanwhile Hamas is saying the opposite. I find it hard to believe that this negotiation went exactly as it fits the Trump admin narrative. These people lie about everything else, why would this be any different.

  12. Yes this is a convenient excuse for trump and his administrations failure in achieving peace.

  13. How do you want to hold a nation accountable if you don’t even recognize it exists?

  16. Aaah, are we seeing some classic foreshadowing for why Europe and in particular France can’t be allowed to negotiate with Russia to end their invasion?

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